Cheap And Roomy House Plan With Concrete Estimate
A historic plan outlines a two story house about 24 by 28 feet with an 80 by 44 foot main body. It details kitchen sizes a cistern and cellar access, roof water system, and a total complete cost near 1450 dollars. It also provides extensive lumber lists and material quantities for two floors and asks how many barrels of Portland cement are needed for 300 cubic yards of wall with various filler options.
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Main
Joops
Allce
Colling Jolsts
Rubber Cement Process Described for Rubber Hardening
A method details digesting finely shredded rubber with naphtha or carbon bisulphide in a covered vessel for several days to create a flexible yet protective coating. Another approach softens shellac in water ammonia to form a transparent mass that, after weeks, becomes a liquid usable for coating. When ammonium evaporates the treated rubber becomes impervious to gases and liquids.
Material required for a 10x10 wall three dimensional estimate
The calculation notes a wall 10 ft by 10 ft by 10 ft high with one foot thickness requiring 10 barrels Portland cement, 16 barrels gravel and 4 yards stone filler. It specifies a mix ratio of eight parts gravel to one part cement.
Glimpses of Christiania Norways Capital and Ibsen Portraits
A tour segment describes Oslo then called Christiania with royal visits and bustling harbor life. It recalls a Norwegian fairground with devout shoppers, relics, a 1784 platter, and a Viking ship unearthed in blue clay while contrasting modern Ibsen legends at the Grand Hotel and the Doll House drama with attacks on hypocrisy and social norms.
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Christiania
Aalon
Grad
Goliath
Walla
Ibsen
America
Lterature
Prize Goes to Fornigner in Brussels Song Contest
Prize offers for patriotic school songs in Brussels concluded with a French winner. The text mentions the Red Cross Ball Mus and various unrelated phrases about weights, conferences, and Sumatra but lacks coherent context or dates.
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Fornigner
Brussels
Silver grays and Pot-Hunters in Australia
The piece notes New York Whigs supporting Fillmore labeled silver grays after a Syracuse convention in 1850. It describes a harsh anti administration sentiment and a subsequent split, with Granger and others leaving. It also reports ruthless pot-hunting in Australia, including frequent maiming of black swans and widespread bird and animal life destruction. Western Australia’s Swan River Settlement is mentioned with early stamps featuring a black swan centerpiece.
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New York
Fillmore
Syracuse
Granger
Australia
Western Australia
Swan River Settlement
Pleasant Things and the Habit of Focusing on the Wrong Side
The passage notes that both women and men may habitually seek unpleasant aspects and warns to nip this in the bud. It argues that such a mindset causes ongoing unhappiness for the individual and misery for those around them.
Omission Easily Put Right In Sailor Tale
A Beverly skipper near Grand Bank secured a spare anchor after losing his own in a gale. He misread an order to the shoresman owner, causing a lighthearted exchange about correcting the name and duties. A later remark from Nat High clarifies the mishap with a witty fix.
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Beverly
Grand Bank
Nat High
Marblehead
Skipper High
Nat
Skipper
Joe Vincent
Boston Herald
Waste Paper Profits for Salvation Army Plant
The Salvation Army runs a waste paper operation in London with daily collections by horse vans, band trucks, and bags. At its settlement unskilled workers sort the material into 52 classes. last year 7,035 tons were gathered, yielding over $50,000.
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Salvation Army
London
Army
Doan's Kidney Pills Cure Kidney Congestion
A Newark New Jersey man, Richard M. Pearce, reports severe kidney congestion from working nights in bad weather, with back pain and headaches. After using Doan's Kidney Pills, the congestion and all symptoms disappeared and have not returned for eight years. Sold by all dealers, 60 cents a box. Foster Milburn Co, Raffin N
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Dean
Richard M. Pearce
Orange
Newark
N. J
Foster Milburn Co, Raffaln N
French authorities feed all Paris school children daily
Paris city government provides every pupil a full midday meal funded by a metal token system. Those able to pay do, while the program aims to avoid stigma and extends beyond Paris to provinces where school attendance rises with the “cantine scolaire” and “soupe scolaire” programs. Participants donate vegetables and other contributions to the common soup pot.
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Paris
Jefferson's Cheerful Philosophy in Scribner by Wilson
A excerpted reflection on happiness within a family, arguing joy as the house religion. It notes avoidance of morbid newspaper content and emphasizes mutual support and cheerful resilience amid misfortune, with a closing line referencing Mr A Vane Tempest.
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Trancig Wilson
The Coffee Debate Forces Postum Boost Amid Harsh Claims
A public exchange over coffee health prompts importers and roasters to back Postum and Grape Nuts. The letter urges readers to test by replacing coffee for 10 days, arguing coffee harms many and Postum provides nourishment, with a challenge over a $100,000 wager.
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Cates
Etzey
Boston
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Margo Allorn
Bronte
Emai
Wall “Aia
Norway
Stockholm
Indies
Kroner
Samson
Thien
Charles
Europe
Pelle
Kari Johan Gade
Red Cross
Bade
Sumatra
Sidney Smith
Balt Lake
Ruskin
Plato
Jefferson
Stageland
Mr. A. Vane Tempest
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